Jewelry and method of manufacturing the same



H. W. FISHEL.

JEWELRY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

I 1 APPLICATION FILED OCT. l. 1919. I I 1,361,705. Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

PATENT OFFICEQW HENRY W. FISHEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

JEWELRY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME.

Application filed October 1, 1919.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, HENRY FIsHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jewelry and Methods of Manufacturing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to methods of manufacture of jewelry and more particularly to methods of manufacture of articles of jewelry having surrounding galleries.

The objects of my invention are to simplify the manufacture of such articles of jewelry and to greatly reduce their manufacturing cost. A further object is to enable the same dies to be used in the manufacture of galleried jewelry and jewelry not provided with galleries. A further ob ect is the production of articles of jewelry havlng fancy or ornamented galleries. Further objects of my invention are the production of articles of jewelry having greater strength and beauty than the saw-pierced articles heretofore made. Other objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear in the following description.

I will now describe the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and will thereafter point out my invention in claims.

In the drawing I have shown my invention as applied to the manufacture of a barpin, but it is equally adapted to the manufacture of many other articles of jewelry.

Figure 1 is a face view of a block or bar of metal adapted to be worked into an article of jewelry.

Fig. 2 is a face view of the bar of metal after the stamping operation.

Fig. 3 is a face view of the body of the article of jewelry after the trimming or cutting operation.

Fig. 4 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a face View of a gallery used in connection with my invention.

Fig. 6 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 7 is a face view of the completed article of jewelry.

Fig. 8' is a side view of the same.

Fig. 9 is a cross-section of the same taken on the line 99 of Fig. 8.

My method of manufacturing jewelry comprises three main operations which are first, a stamping operation; second, a trimming or cutting operation; and third, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Serial No. 327,816.

operation of fitting the gallery over the body of the article and soldering it thereto. It is also possible to combine the stamping and cutting operations into a single operation.

In carrying out my invention I take a block of suitable metal, and place it in a stamping press containing a die shaped to form the body of the article of jewelry desued to be manufactured. The block of metal 1 is then stamped and the body 2 of the jewelry article, having a margin 3 of waste metal surrounding it, is formed, as is shown in Fig. 2. I next cut the body 2 from the surrounding margin 3 of waste metal with a cutting die having the same contour as the stamping die. The body 2 is thus completely formed and separated and as thus formed and separated is shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The body 2 as thus formed is provided with the usual jewel sockets 5 and may also be ornamented as desired. It may be used for an article of jewelry which is not'provided with galleries or it may have a gallery secured to it in accordance with my invention. In the completion of the manufacture of a galleried article of jewelry a gallery 6, of the same general shape and contour as but of slightly greater perimeter than the body 2, this gallery having projections 4 formed upon it, these projections extending inwardly, is placed in desired relation to the body 2, and soldered in place by soldering the ends of the projections 4 to the body 2. I

This gallery 6 consists of a strip of suitable metal, usually having a beveled upper portion 7 so as to form a sharp or knife edge. In manufacturing the galleries for use in connection with my invention, I take suitably ornamented strips and run them through rollers to form the projections 4 thereon. These projections may extend the whole height or only a part of the height of the gallery. It will be seen that the projections may be made in the forming of the strip if desired. One of the advantages of having a separately made gallery adapted to be secured to the body is that the body may be made of any suitable soft metal that lends itself very readily to the stamping and cutting operations, and the gallery of a harder metal. The gallery thus strengthens the entire article and at the same time facilitates the manufacture eatly and reduces its cost. The gallery I is usually pro vided with suitable open-work ornamentation 8, all of which can be produced while 1t 1s a separate piece. This, of course, 1s 1mpracticable in saw-pierced articles, where the gallery is iormed by saw-piercing the body. In such instances the sides of the gallery are plain and the gallery is of necessity of the same material as the body.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawing and above particularly described within the principle and scope 01 my invention. 7

I claim:

1. The method of manufacturing galleried articles of jewelry consisting in forming the body and the gallery in separate parts, the parts being so related that when assembled with the gallery surrounding the body, there will be an open space between the body and the gallery, and forming the gallery with inwardly extending projections, and attaching the gallery to the body by securing the projection of the gallery to the body.-

2. An article of jewelry, comprising a body portion, a gallery surrounding such body portion, and projections formed on the gallery adapted to be secured to and hold the body portion in position.

In testimony whereof I have alhxed my signature to this specification.

HENR Y W. FISHEL. 

